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SCMP News @SCMPNews

Hong Kong man kills wife, then himself with knife; 49-year-old also injured sons

scmp.comHong Kong man slashes wife to death, injures sons and kills himselfA 48-year-old Hong Kong woman was slashed to death with a knife as she slept in her bed on Thursday morning before her husband attacked their two sons, then took his own life in a suspected murder-suicide, according to police, who said they believed the suspect had been financially troubled.

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• BioNTech vaccinations will resume on Monday (5 April). A new batch of doses is expected to arrive on Saturday, and those who missed their second dose appointments will receive a new booking next week.

• Two flights have been scheduled to bring back HK residents who have been stuck in the UK for months. The flights will depart from London on 21 and 28 April at 9:10 AM.

• Seven pro-democracy figures, including Jimmy Lai and Martin Lee, were found guilty for organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly in 2019. The protest in question took place
  on August 2019 at Victoria Park.

• The US released the 2021 Hong Kong Policy Act Report.

“I have certified...that HK does not warrant differential treatment under U.S. law in the same manner as U.S. laws were applied to HK before July 1, 1997.” 

Secretary Anthony Blinken

See the report here. See the HK Government's response to the report.

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This 30-minute tour allows visitors to catch a show at the State Theatre in North Point before it closes for renovations projected to take five years. Tours will run from 10 AM to 8 PM every day for the duration of the month. Book your slot by e-mailing info@culturefortomorrow.org to inquire with the first 4 digits of your HKID no., excluding letters.

Event details here

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Coconuts Hong Kong @CoconutsHK

Slowood, a zero-waste chain in Hong Kong, has vowed to stop selling fish. "Netflix new documentary Seaspiracy has opened our eyes to the overwhelming and damaging effects the fishing industry has on our whole ecosystem," it wrote @seaspiracy

coconuts.coCiting Netflix film ‘Seaspiracy,’ Hong Kong zero-waste chain vows to stop selling fish | Coconuts Hong KongSlowood, a sustainable lifestyle grocery store, says it will stop selling fish products at its outlets.

7:04 AM ∙ Apr 1, 2021

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Slowood, HK’s zero-waste shops, has been inspired to stop selling fish after viewing Netflix’s documentary Seaspiracy, a film that clearly missed out on the opportunity to call itself Conspirasea.

Watch the Seaspiracy trailer

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Cato Institute @CatoInstitute

The Human Freedom Index is a resource that can help to more objectively observe relationships between freedom and other social and economic phenomena, as well as the ways in which the various dimensions of freedom interact with one another. j.mp/2U7U1d1

7:16 AM ∙ Jan 2, 2021

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The CATO Institute explains why they’re keeping Hong Kong on the Human Freedom Index, which it co-publishes with the Fraser Institute.

“We believe that the territory’s trajectory, from a former British colony to a special administrative region of China, is a unique case study worthy of continued attention and documentation within our index, especially as the Chinese Communist Party sustains its attacks on a broad array of Hong Kong’s freedoms.“

Ian Vásquez, vice president for international studies at the Cato Institute and director of its Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.

Why CATO is keeping HK

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